The 2025 EF English Proficiency Index report shows that global English proficiency has stalled since 2020, with Thailand among the countries experiencing a decline.

<p><em>Editor’s Note:&nbsp; Harrison George wishes to apologize for his temporary absence from this website.&nbsp; This was due to an illness of a medical nature and not, contrary to the scurrilous innuendos on various social media, of a psychological nature.&nbsp; Mr George’s psychiatric carers have assured Prachatai that his mental state is stable (as long as he keeps taking the meds), consistently unusual, and terminal.</em></p> <p>Oh boy!&nbsp; 3 articles about education on the same page of the Bangkok Post.&nbsp; Could educational reform finally be among us?</p>